Shovel.



A L.ADAMs.

SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 2-3. 1916.

LWWMUD v Pmwnm July 17, 1917 ALBERT L. ADAMS, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1?, 1917.

Application filed June 23, 1916. Serial No. 105,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shovels, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in shovels, one object of theinvention being the provision of a shovel having a tubular reinforcedhandle-bar and a blade having a por tion for telescopically fitting thehandlebar, whereby the handle may be renewed, or shovels now providedwith wooden handles may be equipped with a metal handle-bar.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a shovel, whichis simple, durable and cheap to maufacture and thoroughly efiicient andpractical in use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of shovelmade according to and embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. \m

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3,the numeral 10 designates the handle bar, which is made from a singlesheet of metal rolled to house the two inturned longitudinal edges 10,Which form a reinforcement. The D-handle 11 made from the channel member12 so that the flanges 13 will fit in the recesses or notches 15 of thehandle-bar, is provided with the attaching member 14, which is securedto the handle-bar by the fastenings 16.

The lower end of the handlebar, is provided with the flared reinforcingportion 17 which fits coextensively with the sleeve carrying edge 18 ofthe blade 19 of the shovel, its sleeve 20 of usual formation fittingconcentrically and telescopically within the lower end of the handle-bar10, as shown in Fig. 8, so that the edges 21 thereof will fit snugly inthe angle 22 formed at the-junc:

tion of the bent in edges 10 and the body of the handle-bar. The sleeve20 is capable of Copies of this uatent mav be obtained forfive centseach, by addressing the being compressed so as to be fitted snuglyWithin the lower end of the handle-bar 10 thus permitting various sizesof sleeves to be attached to the handle-bar, while the lower end of thehandlebar is also capable of being spread to accommodate the sleeve 20.As here shown, one rivet 23 is employed to securely hold the handle-barand blade together, but this securing means may be a Weld, such asspot-welding or electric welding, where found desirable.

What I claim, as new, is

1. A shovel, including a tubular handle bar, a blade, a compresslblesplit sleeve carried by the blade'and telescopically connected with oneend of the handle-bar, and means for holding the two from separation.

2. A shovel, including a tubular handlebar, one end of which is capableof spreading, a blade, a split sleeve carried by the blade andtelescopically connected with the spreading end of the handle-bar, andmeans for holding the telescoped portions from separation.

3. A shovel, including a tubular handlebar made from a sheet of metaland rolled to provide a housing for two inturned edges thereof, a blade,ani open sleeve carried thereby and fitted telescopically within one endof the handle-bar, the split portion thereof receiving the inturnededges of the handle-bar, and means for holding the sleeve and handle-bartogether.

4:- A shovel, including a tubular handlebar made from a sheet of metalrolled to house the two longitudinal edges thereof and providing anexpansible member, a blade, a sleeve longitudinally split and carried bythe blade, said sleeve being fitted telescopically within one end of thehandle-bar, the inturned edges of the handle-bar passing through thesplit of the sleeve while the extreme end of the handle-bar fitsco-extensively with the body of the blade adjacent to the sleeve, andmeans for holding the sleeve and handle-bar from longitudinal movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALBERT L. ADAMS.

Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

